RAILCAR STATE MONITORING DEVICE AND TRAIN SET INCLUDING SAME

A state monitoring device for use in a train set constituted by coupling cars each including a carbody and a pair of bogies arranged at both respective longitudinal direction end portions of the carbody and supporting the carbody includes: sensors provided at the respective bogies and configured to detect state information of devices provided at the bogies; wireless transmitters provided at the respective bogies and configured to wirelessly transmit sensor signals containing the detected state information; and at least one wireless receiver configured to receive the sensor signals wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmitters.